Disobeying the Rules Means You Deserve a Beating!

"Ye Yang, come out!"

A group of people barged in aggressively, completely disregarding the Ye Household, as if they were walking through an empty place.

"Senior Brother Ye, this is going to be a good show. I wonder how you'll get out of this one."

Ye Tian, who had just been knocked to the ground by his fist, finally regained consciousness. His face was filled with resentment.

"That's right. You used to be the Number One Heaven's Chosen, admired by all, and a perfect match for her. No one had anything to say about it. But now you're nothing more than a good-for-nothing Martial Apprentice at the third level. What makes you think you're worthy of her?"

One side finished singing, and the other took the stage. Seeing this, Ye Wushuang and the others also revealed amused smiles.

"Big Brother, you should give up your position now. Let's see how you'll get out of this."

"How come I'm not dead yet, and you're already eyeing my position? Aren't you being a little too arrogant?"

Ye Wudi clenched his fists tightly. If he had not been concerned about more important matters, he would have already taught them a lesson.

"Exactly. A person should know their own limits. Go wash up and sleep while you still can. Don't waste her youth here."

Without distinguishing right from wrong, knowing only one side of the matter and not the other, they continued slandering him.

"Aren't you people going too far?" Ye Yang clenched his fists as well, wishing he could step forward and slap them across their faces.

"What, are you getting angry? Do you think you're still an unparalleled prodigy? You're nothing but a good-for-nothing. Any one of us could crush you completely."

Just then, a strange stream of information appeared in Ye Chen's mind, and he finally understood.

"So that's how it is. Why did the breakthrough fail? It was because he had suffered such a tremendous shock." His predecessor had been an unparalleled genius, a perfect match for her in every way. But she had fallen for someone else and violated her marital fidelity!

She had secretly hooked up with Qin Hao, the Number One Heaven's Chosen of the Prodigy Ranking, and the jade pendant on her chest was the best proof.

Not long ago, under Ye Wushuang's deliberate arrangements, the two men had clashed over a woman. That was how the opening scene had come about.

"Liu Wushuang, you finally came after all." Ye Yang clenched his fists tightly. If it had not been for her, he would not have ended up like this. If she had not colluded with others, he would not have suffered such a fate.

"Yang, go back and rest first. Let your father handle this matter."

"Father, no. This started because of me, so it should end because of me as well. Let me handle it. I'm fine. Believe me."

Ye Wudi had originally intended to use his status to make the other party back down. Even if she was the City Lord's daughter, so what? She still had to be reasonable.

Besides, he and her father were sworn brothers. How could he break off the engagement simply because she had said she wanted to?

"All right, Yang. Be careful." Seeing this, he stopped arguing, let out a long breath, and retreated to the side. The atmosphere on the field immediately grew several degrees more oppressive.

"Ye Yang, I came here today to inform you that whether you agree or not, I'm here to break off our engagement." Liu Wushuang had already hooked up with Qin Hao, the Number One Heaven's Chosen of the Prodigy Ranking, so naturally she did not take this good-for-nothing seriously. She had dropped all pretenses and laid her cards on the table.

"Oh? Who gave you the courage? Who gave you the nerve? Since you refuse to follow the rules, don't blame me for being impolite." Ye Yang already understood what had happened. Yet she had still come to pull this stunt. Could she be trying to strike at him completely and make him lose the will to cultivate?

"Heh, you're quite tough, aren't you? I just don't know whether you'll still be able to act tough later." Her face was full of disdain and indifference. In her eyes, he was merely bringing humiliation upon himself.

"Very good. Since your mouth is so tough, I'll teach you how to behave. Men, attack." With a wave of her hand, a group of people immediately surrounded Ye Yang.

"What? You want to attack? Or are you trying to silence me by killing me?"

In full view of everyone, Ye Yang's gaze was icy-cold. His voice was not loud, yet it clearly reached every ear.

"Why aren't you attacking? Are you afraid?" He swept his eyes across the surroundings, and those people who had been itching to act stopped in their tracks without realizing it.

"Go! Get it over with!"

More than a dozen people attacked simultaneously. Their cultivation was not weak either; every one of them was a powerhouse at the Martial Master realm.

"You don't know whether you're dead or alive." Ye Yang immediately understood. These people merely wanted to curry favor and seek benefits.

"Miss Liu, I advise you to think twice before attacking. Otherwise, the consequences will be severe."

Seeing this, Ye Wudi, mindful of his relationship with her father, kindly reminded her once more.

"Attack. Ignore him!" Liu Wushuang's gaze turned cold. She completely disregarded Ye Wudi's good intentions and waved her hand. More than a dozen people attacked at the same time.

"Boy of the Ye Household, die!" Blades and sword flashes surged straight toward him, giving him no chance to live.

"Courting death!"

Three consecutive cracks rang out, each louder than the last. The Ye Household's most basic technique, Mountain Shattering Fist, produced three crisp booms in his hands.

"Kill!"

A figure flashed past, and more than a dozen people suddenly dropped to their knees with a thump.

"What a monster!" Their chests had caved in at the first instant. Every one of them had taken a solid punch and collapsed to the ground, their fates unknown.

"How is this possible? How did a good-for-nothing manage to do this?" In the blink of an eye, Liu Wushuang's subordinates had completely lost their ability to fight.

"Now it's your turn. Sign the papers, will you? Once you're done, get lost!"

Ye Yang did not play by the usual script. He produced an agreement with a backhand motion and asked her to sign her name or stamp it with her official seal. Either way, it was fine.

"Courting death! I'm the one breaking off the engagement with you, not you divorcing me. Do you understand?" Seeing this, Liu Wushuang nearly exploded with rage. She decided to enter the fray personally and properly teach him how to behave.

"Sign it or don't. I've already given you the papers, and everyone here is my witness. Are you afraid I'll go back on my word?"

Unfortunately, Ye Yang would not listen to her, much less stop. He was preparing to turn around and leave.

"Go to hell!" Liu Wushuang was nearly beside herself with rage. He had completely turned the tables and caught her off guard!

Light as a swallow, she wielded her treasured sword and slashed and stabbed through the air toward him!

"Yang, watch out!" Ye Wudi had just let out a long breath, but the scene before him stunned him. He had never expected this little girl to be so ruthless.

"Flying Immortal Swordplay, First Form—Immortal Guides the Way!" Her sword thrust out like a dragon, her steps swift as flying. In the blink of an eye, it stabbed toward Ye Yang's throat.

"Senior Brother, don't!"

There was no need to say it. Ten thousand elite soldiers already surrounded the outside. If they refused to cooperate, there was only a dead end.

"Miss, be careful!"

A sword swept across the sky, its momentum unstoppable.

"Weak. Far too weak. Is this the result of being painstakingly instructed by someone?"

Things were dead, but people were alive. Ye Yang was not foolish enough to do that.

"Come on, faster! Even faster! In my eyes, you're too slow. Your moves are full of openings, and flaws are everywhere." A teasing voice rang out, and before anyone knew it, he had appeared behind Liu Wushuang.

"Young Hero Ye, show mercy!"

Caught off guard, she broke into a cold sweat. Even as a frail woman, she could feel the threat of death.

"You should have thought of this before. It's too late now." In the blink of an eye, Ye Yang's fist had already slammed into her back.

"Yang, hold back!" Seeing that something was wrong, Ye Wudi could only put on an act and deliberately remind him.

"Father, don't worry. I'm only teaching her a lesson, letting her know that beyond the heavens there are other heavens, and beyond people there are other people. A scholar may be killed but not humiliated. Don't bully honest people—push one too far, and even an honest man will bite." Ye Yang naturally understood his father's intentions. He had withdrawn ninety-nine percent of his strength.

"Pfft!"

Her entire body transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot forward. The air seemed to burn, crackling without end!

"Still not convinced? The fact that I didn't kill you was already merciful enough."

Ye Yang's seemingly powerless punch had actually landed eighty-one times on her body.

"Senior Brother, you're finished. You've gotten yourself into huge trouble. Whose woman is she? Don't tell me you don't know?"

In his panic, one of them blurted out the secret between the two. Everyone present looked over curiously, never expecting to uncover such juicy gossip.

"So that's how it is. There's a whiff of scandal." Everyone immediately understood and gave each other knowing looks.

"Ye Yang, you've truly disappointed me. I was going to give you a chance to compete fairly, but now it seems there's no need."

At this moment, Liu Wushuang was in terrible condition. Her internal organs churned like a river and sea, and she could barely remain standing.

"Miss, be careful."

The group had initially wanted to kill Ye Yang, only to be knocked flat by a single move. After finally recovering, they still could not even protect their own mistress.

"What? Why aren't you leaving?" A cold voice rang out.

"Courting death. Stubbornly refusing to yield, you brought this humiliation upon yourself!" Ye Yang's body turned into an afterimage. One hand seized Liu Wushuang by the neck and lifted her into the air!

"Ye Yang, are you insane? She's the City Lord's daughter. Even if you divorce her, there's no need to kill her!"

"That's right. It's one thing for you to be crazy by yourself, but do you intend to drag all of us down with you? What exactly are you plotting?"

Someone pointed it out, and the others immediately reacted, starting to discuss among themselves. Even the other elders could no longer stand by and prepared to act.

"What? Do you still have me, your Sect Master, in your eyes? When the enemy came to humiliate us, you said nothing. When they attacked first, you still showed no reaction. Now that my son has reclaimed his dignity, you want to interfere? What exactly do you think you're doing?"

As the Sect Master, Ye Wudi felt his heart and gall split apart at the sight. He had never expected these people to have long since abandoned their original convictions, remembering only the benefits before them. Their greed had already cast the sect's principles beyond the ninth heaven.

"Big Brother, that's not what we meant. We were forced into this. You saw it yourself—this wasn't our intention."

"That's right. We can't afford to provoke them. If we anger him, our Ye Household, as the Sword Sect, will be in danger."

There were countless excuses for not attacking, but not a single reason to attack. The scene from earlier had already allowed Ye Wudi to see through the hypocritical faces of certain people.

"Yang, see the guests out!" Since they refused to appreciate his kindness, there was no need to show them any face. Let things go as they would.

"Understood. No problem!" Ye Yang saw that Liu Wushuang's face was already flushed red. She was breathing out more than in and had fallen into a state of shock.

"Get lost. Right now!" He suddenly exerted strength with his hand and threw her out the gate like a dead dog.

"Miss, wait for me!" Seeing this, the others were so frightened that they stood there dumbstruck.

"Boy, you've caused trouble. Wait for the City Lord's thunderous wrath!"

They had thought he was a good-for-nothing without the nerve to act. Who could have imagined he would be so decisive, not even putting the City Lord's daughter in his eyes?

If he wanted to throw her, he threw her. If he wanted to beat her, he beat her. He had not treated her differently as a woman at all.

"What? If you've got the guts, come over and hit me, then. If you don't, shut your mouths!"

Fighting as they retreated, the others wore colorful expressions. Just as they were about to leave, Ye Yang directly blocked their way out!

"Wait. Crawl over this, and I'll spare your lives!" He planted one foot on the threshold and gestured for them to crawl beneath it, like dogs wagging their tails and begging for mercy.

"What? Unwilling? Very well, then. I'll take you somewhere else." Ye Yang pretended to swing his fist, frightening his enemies.

"That's enough. A great man knows when to bend and when to stand. Crawl!" The man at the front wanted nothing more than to swallow Ye Yang alive, but the situation would not allow it. He could only endure the humiliation, crawl past, and flee the place.

"Let's go. Carry Miss away!" Looking utterly bedraggled, they fled the scene.

"Well? Does everyone still think I'm qualified?" Ye Yang's momentum soared like a rainbow, unstoppable as an avalanche. The entire hall was silent enough to hear a pin drop!

"Haha, let's go!" Everyone was drunk while he alone remained sober. Those who disobeyed the rules deserved a beating—there was no room for negotiation!